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T. L. MORGAN.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1908.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

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THOMAS LEWIS MORGAN, OF TYWERN, ENGLAND.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

. Application filed. January 31, 1908. Serial No. 413,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS Lnwrs Mon- GAN, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Tywern, Clydach Vale, RhonddaValley, Tony-pandy,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention refers to boxes usually employed by laborers, workmen andothers for carrying their dinner or other provisions With them.

Boxes for this purpose are usually made of oblong shape or rounded ifdesired at one end with a cover of a size and shape suitable for slidingover the box where it may be secured in position by any suitable means,the box or cover being provided with a suitable handle.

My invention relates to the combination with a box of the beforementioned description of a secondary box sliding on to or attachable tothe dinner box in such a way that one common cover can be used to coverthe two boxes when placed together and so that it is difficult orimpossible to cover the dinner box without having first placed thesecondary box in its proper osition. I provide means if found desirab efor fastening the boxes together and for fastening the cover on theboxes and a suitable handle may be provided attached to the box or coverfor facilitating transport. And in order that my said invention may bebetter understood I will proceed to describe the same with reference tothe drawing accompanying this specification, which shows a typical formof composite box constructed according to my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box with the secondary compartmentshown dotted; Fig. 2 shows the secondary box or compartment detachedfrom the dinner box; Fig. 3 shows a bottom plan of part of the dinnerbox.

The same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts inall the views.

a is the dinner box made of tin or other suitable material andpreferably of the form shown, that is rounded at one end and rectangularat the other end. At the bottom of the box and on either side towardsthe rectangular end are guides b, b. a

c is a second box which is of such size that when placed against the boxa the ends thereof come flush with the sides of the box a. This box 0has attached to it at the bottom a projecting slide (1 which is of suchsize and shape that it will slide into the guides I) so that the box 0may be pushed against the end of the box a, where it is retained inposition by the said guides I).

The box 0 may be divided into any suitable number of compartments e. Inthe drawing the box is shown divided into three such compartments.

f is a hinged flap of a size suitable to cover the box or compartment 0without projecting over the edge of same. 9 is a cover large enough tocover both of the boxes a and 0 (when the latter is placed in its properposition with the projecting slide (1 resting in the guides 17,) andowing to its formation holding the boxes at and c in position. Attachedto this cover may be a handle h of any suitable shape. It will beunderstood that fastenings may be provided if desired for fastening theboxes together or for fastening the cover to the boxes.

The compartments e in the box 0 are intended for the rece tion of suchsubstances as compressed lint, andages and the like for first aid incase of an accident, and the special advantage of the box is that theminer or workman cannot fit the cover on to his dinner box withoutremembering to attach the secondary compartment intended for thereception of the lint and the like, owing to the difficulty orimpossibility of fitting the cover on to the dinner box until thesecondary chamber has been placed in position.

It will be evident that the construction of the box may be varied inmany ways Without departing from the principle of the invention; forinstance, the secondary box might be attached at the side of the primarybox instead of at the end, the shape of the primary box in that casebeing suitably modified if found necessary, or the method of attachmentof the secondary to the primary box might be varied. For instance, thesecondary box might have a tongue or hook at tached to the side thereoffitting into a socket or the like on the rimary box, the cover in allcases covering 0th boxes when in position.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesof America, 1s

1. A composite box composed of two inde pendent compartments, one ofsaid compartmerits provided with guides on its bottom near one end; theother compartment provided with a slide extending from its 'bottom andadapted to enter said guides; and a single cover ada ted to fit andcover both cornpartments W en the parts are assembled, substantially asdescribed.

2. A composite box com osed'of two independent compartments, t 1e oneprovided with fiat guide-strips on its bottom near one end; the otherprovided With-a flat slide extending from its bottom, adapted to entersaid guides, and thereby cause said second compartment to fitsnuglyagainst the outer surface of the end ofsaid first compartment, saidsecond compartment also provided with a cover; and asingle coverprovided with a handle adapted to fit both compartments,

substantially as described.

3. A composite box composed of two independent tem eraments, are mutedat one end, provided with flat guide strips on its bottom near-one-end;the other provided with a fiat slide extending from its bottom,

"adapted to enter said guides, and thereby 25 cause said secondcompartment to fit snugly against "the outer surface of the "end of said'first'compartment, said second compartment also provided with a hingedcover opening toward said slide, and witha plurality of par- 30 titionse; and a single cover provided with a handle, and with rounded andrectangular ends adapted to fit both compartmentasubstantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, 5

in presence of two witnesses. l p

THOMAS LEWIS MORGAN. Witnesses LOUIS A. -LATHROP, ALBERT S. PHILLIPS.

